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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: next to Mr. Duncan opened his mouth and swore so picturesquely that,
as he afterward told his chum, "I must've been plumb inspired for
the occasion." Yet it never entered Mr. Duncan's ministerial head
to reprove the blasphemy. Orde jumped down from his half-buried log
and clapped his hat on his head. Newmark did not alter his attitude
nor his expression.
The SPRITE was safe. For the few moments before she glided the
length of the long pier to stiller water this fact sufficed.
"I wonder if she got the line aboard," speculated the tug-boat
captain at last.
The crowd surged over to the piers again. Below them rose and fell
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